The Optimism (OP) hacker on Friday sent another 1 million OP tokens to Vitalik Buterin’s wallet address and left a message saying that they intend to return 18 million OP tokens. Moreover, they stated they believe in Ethereum’s founder Vitalik Buterin and just wanted to know his opinion.
The hacker had sent 1 million OP tokens to Vitalik Buterin’s wallet address on Thursday.
Optimism (OP) Hacker Turns Out to be Whitehat
An Etherscan data on the Optimistic browser showed that the hacker has transferred another 1 million OP tokens to Vitalik Buterin’s wallet address and left a message in the “input data box.” The message reads:
“Hello, Vitalik, I believe in you, just want to know your opinion on this. BTW, help to verify the return address and I will return the remaining after you. And hello Wintermute, sorry, I only have 18M and this is what I can return.
Stay Optimistic!”
The attacker has confirmed themself as a whitehat. Moreover, they asked developers to share a return address to send the remaining Optimism (OP) tokens after verification of the address. Also, confirms to Wintermute that he has only 18 million OP tokens to return.